Meet the Romans with Mary Beard

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  E1

  All Roads Lead to Rome

  Prof Mary Beard takes the Via Appia to Rome to show the lives of ordinary citizens in imperial times.

  2012-04-17 · 60m
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  E2

  Streetlife

  Mary heads into the streets to discover the dirt, crime, sex, and slum conditions in the world's first high-rise city. Oddly enough, the poorer you were, the higher you lived, with little space, light, or sanitation.

  2012-04-24 · 60m
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  E3

  Behind Closed Doors

  To learn about their family life, Beard looks at the thousands of tombstones of ordinary Romans, their children and slaves.

  2012-05-01 · 60m

Top cast

Mary Beard

Self - Presenter